Two men helped rescue a family including a baby in its car seat from a burning car after it suddenly burst into flames.

The two worshippers were said to be celebrating the Jewish holiday of Passover in a nearby synagogue when they heard screaming outside in Tottenham, North London, yesterday evening.

When the men rushed to the family, they saw the car engulfed in flames.

Rescue: Two worshippers from a nearby synagogue race to help save an elderly man and a baby from a burning car in Tottenham, London, yesterday afternoon. Two other passengers managed to flee from the car when it burst into flames

Engulfed: A man tries to coax the a passenger out of the burning car after it burst into flames while a family of four were travelling in it. A crowd gathered as two men raced to save the elderly man and baby who were still left inside the vehicle

Smoke plummeted into the sky as one of the men dived into the Peugeot car to rescue the man and baby still in the car. Crowds gathered to watch the dramatic event unfold, before firefighters arrived on the scene

The two men, one named locally as Moses Kupermann and one believed to be on holiday from Israel, then braved fierce flames to help drag an elderly man and a young child from the burning wreckage.

The elderly man had become stuck and panicked in the vehicle after he was unable to undo his seatbelt.

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The child was then plucked from a baby seat in the back of the car, seconds before the vehicle exploded into flames.

Just seconds later, the car became a fireball, leaving the inside of the Peugeot burnt to ashes.

Firefighters prepared to tackle the fire which struck the car in which a family of four was travelling

Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade arrive on scene to tackle the blaze as it continued to engulf the Peugeot in which a family of four had been travelling

The two men carefully approach the burning car in an attempt to rescue the man and baby left in the vehicle. One of the men was named locally as Moses Kupermann, while the second man was believed to be on holiday from Israel

Gutted: The inside of the family car was ravaged by flames after it suddenly set alight

Two other people believed to be travelling in the car had managed to escape before firefighters arrived to tackle the flames.

As a crowd gathered on the road where the incident took place, the family was taken into the synagogue to recover.

Firefighters then dealt with the ongoing fire while paramedics checked over the family.

This is the aftermath of the Peugeot, which the car owner, who managed to escape, described as 'gutted'

A spokesman for London Fire Brigade confirmed one fire engine had been called to a car fire in the area at 5pm on Sunday, but no further details were available.

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said it had been contacted by the car owner who informed police about the incident, describing the car as 'gutted'.

The spokesman said police did not attend the scene and there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident.